Changing Buttons

[Graham Payton]

Hi


I want to use some of my own buttons as opposed to the standard ones with
access. Just some little icons I have drawn really. Is there a way I can
do this?

Also, can I change the colour of buttons so they are not the boring grey? I
need two buttons with the telephone icon on them. On to dial, which I would
like to be green, and one to hang up, which I would like to be red.


Thanks in advance


Graham

 

[Naresh Nichani MVP]

Hi:

There are two ways to do this --

1. Use the Image control -- then insert a Image and wire code on the OnClick
event. Problem is this is not press (click effect of button is not there).

2. Use the Button control and insert a Picture (use the Picture property)
and write code on OnClick event. This gives the click effect.

Regards,

Naresh Nichani
Microsoft Access MVP

 

[Graham Payton]

Hi Naresh


Thanks for that.

Is there any way I can get the phone image that access uses already?

It would be easier if I could just change the colour of the buttons from
grey to another colour though really. Any ideas on this?

Many Thanks


Graham

 

[Stephen Lebans]

To change the color of CommandButton controls see:
http://www.lebans.com/cmdbutton.htm
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HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
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[Peter De Baets]

Access has nothing built-in to allow for changes in the command button
backcolor. There are some third-party tools that may help:

A shareware version of Button Painter for MS Access is available at
this web site: http://www.peterssoftware.com/bp.htm

Some simple colored button examples that can be copied into your
application are available at: http://www.peterssoftware.com/clrbtn.htm

Stephen Lebans has an example database that shows how to set a command
button back color and more: http://www.lebans.com/cmdbutton.htm

There are nice "Color Command Buttons" downloads at this site:
http://www.candace-tripp.com/access_downloads.htm

Hope this helps,